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Merchantman definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MER'CHANTMAN, n. A ship or vessel employed in the transportation of goods, as distinguished from a ship of war.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" [syn: bottom, freighter, merchantman, merchant ship]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. archaic merchant 2. a ship used in commerce

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -men) a ship conveying merchandise.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Merchantman Mer"chant*man, n.; pl. Merchantmen. 1. A merchant. [Obs.] --Matt. xiii. 45. 2. A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Trading vessel, merchantship.